National Good Roads Congress Seeks State Local Road Aid
The National Good Roads Congress in Topeka urges government state and local cooperation to fund roads. It endorses a military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley built by government labor and open to the public. Plans for brick road from Leavenworth to Kansas City are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
National Good Roads Congress
Department of Government
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Congress
George W. Cooley
Minnesota
W. C. Hoad
Kansas
Cooley
Europe
Oklahoma Banks Fail as Tulsa Institution Closes
The Farmer's National Bank of Tulsa shuts its doors under National Examiner Bryant, signaling a second banking collapse in Oklahoma. The First State Bank of Kiefer, with deposits far exceeding its capital, also closes. Observers link Tulsa's failure to the earlier suspension of the Columbia Bank and Trust Company amid ongoing state turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Farmer's National of
Tulsa
First State of
Oklahoma
Farmer’s National Bank of
National Examiner
Bryant
First State Bank of Kiefer
Tulsa Bank
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
The Cost of Living Is High
The December Bradstreet report indicates living costs near record highs. It shows commodity prices close to the all time peak set on March 1, 1907, with index numbers near 9.1293 versus 9.1262 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Bradstreet Company
Bradstreet
Farmers Hall of Fame Dedication in Champaign Illinois
A dignified ceremony at the University of Illinois dedicated the Farmers Hall of Fame. The highlight was unveiling a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, named as the first figure to adorn the institution. Senator Glackin proposed a $50,000 aid bill for Cherry mine disaster survivors.
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McCormick
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Illinois
Farmers' Hall of Fame
University of Illinois
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Springfield
Ilinois
Glackin
Chicago
Senate
Nansen Rejects Cook Claim On North Pole
Christiana Denmark Nansen the famed explorer rejects Dr Frederick A Cook s claim to discovering the North Pole. He endorses Commander Robert E Peary s account while the University of Copenhagen weighs Cook s records. The rejection shifts public opinion toward Peary and away from Cook.
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Christiana
Denmark
Juroff Nansen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Nansen
Robert E. Peary
Cook
Peary
University of Copehagen
University of Copenhagen
Fire destroys newspaper plant in Fort Scott Kansas
A 3:30 am blaze wiped out the Daily and Weekly Tribune and Monitor plants and the Monitor Binding and Printing Co in Fort Scott. Loss about 20000 dollars. The five story Richards Block suffered minor damage. Firemen saved residents from upper floors where women narrowly avoided injury. Monitor plant began in 1862 and employed 80 people under George W Marble and Robert B Barr as editors and stockholders.
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Fort Scott
Kansas
Tribune and Monitor
Monitor Binding and Printing Company
Monitor
George W. Marble
Robert B. Barr
Hotel manager acquitted after police court trial in Joplin
F W Young manager of the Connor hotel was acquitted by a six member jury after a raid found a roulette wheel gambling device on the eighth floor. Two professional gamblers Walter Miller and Fred Firey were arrested in the incident.
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Joplin
Missouri
F. W. Young
Connor Hotel
Young
Walter Miller
Fred Firey
Harriman Lines to Seattle and Tacoma under new traffic pact
Harriman rail system announces passenger trains will run January 1 through to Tacoma and Seattle via Northern Pacific and Great Northern terminals. The move challenges James J. Hill’s private rail domain.
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Chicago
Illinois
Harriman
James Jr. Hill
Tacoma
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Telephone Trust Hearing Delayed in Missouri Suit
By consent of all parties the testimony in the suit brought by the Attorney General Major against the American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Missouri Kansas Telephone company has been postponed until December 28.
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Telephone Trust
Jefferson City
Pinchot Declines A Michigan Presidency Return
Gifford Pinchot chief forester remains in government service and shows no intent to resign or accept the University of Michigan presidency despite absence from Washington.
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Gifford Pinchot
Washington, D. C
Forester
Washington
University of Michigan
General Wood to Become Next Chief of Staff
Maj. Gen. Leonhard Wood will be the next chief of staff of the army. He will succeed Gen. J. Franklin Bell when his term ends.
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Washington, D. C
Leonhard Wood
Department of the East
The
Wood
J.franklin Bell
State Capital Notes On State Contract Price Fluctuations
Officials in Topeka report latest contracts for charitable institutions show fluctuating prices over the past year. Woolen and cotton goods, hog meat, flour rise while some groceries fall. pork and hams rise, butterine up, and several dry goods items shift in price.
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Topeka
Kansas Prosperity and enforcement push in 1910 note
Gov. Stubbs predicts Kansas enters 1910 in strong prosperity with high wealth, record bank deposits, and buoyant growth. He pledges strict enforcement of game laws. Insurance chief Charles Barnes lowers country schoolhouse and church rates, and Parsons streetcar line must tunnel under railroad tracks per board order.
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Stubbs
Kansas
Union
United States
Alaska
Louisiana Purchase
Friar Lands
Philippines
Great Britain
Charles Barnes
Parsons Street Railway Company
Railroad Board
Missouri,Kansas & Texas
Katy
State health board urges public slaughterhouses for farms and towns
The state board of health proposes that each county and city build and fund public slaughterhouses to handle all hog and cattle killing. Dr De Wolf warns tuberculous meat endangers health and encourages banning farm slaughter. Dr Skagg reports 18 infantile paralysis cases. experiments with animals found inconclusive. Clerks face charges over hunters licenses and fee returns.
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Topeka
State Board of Health
de Wolf
A. L. Skagg
University Hospital At
Rosedale
Union Pacific report details track work and fuel use
The annual Union Pacific report to the state board shows 4 886 tons of rails at 29 per ton and 365 848 ties with 79 500 oak 4 ave fir and 282 100 pine, plus 278 622 tons of fuel on Kansas trains. The board also notes a coal shortage telegram from Dighton Lane county and training delays. Attorney General Jackson orders prosecutions for perjury in liquor cases. A B Whiting elected president of the Kansas State Historical Society, with BE Manning and W S Connelly named vice presidents.
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Union Pacific Railroad
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kansas
Fred 8. Jackson
A. B. Whiting
Topeka
The
Kansas State Historical Society
Eleced
George W. Glick
BE. C. Manning
Winfield
W. S. .Connelly
George W. Martin
Life
Attorney General rules on Prudential Investment Co case
Attorney General Jackson addresses the Prudential Investment Company of Texas operating in Topeka and points toward regulatory action regarding the building project and related parties. The opinion clarifies jurisdiction and potential consequences for the company and involved individuals.
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Jackson
Prudential Investment Company
Jan.satialgy Tex
Topeka
Joan
Cold remedy recipe from old pharmacy note
A historic home remedy mixes half a pint of whiskey with two ounces glycerine and half an ounce Concentrated pine compound. The bottle is shaken and dosed every four hours, using a tea spoon to a tablespoon. Drugstores or wholesalers supply the ingredients. Concentrated pine is sold in half ounce air tight bottles labeled Concentrated.
Their Wedding Journey
Comical wedding tale unfolds as guests dispute dining bills with a waiter, mixing dinner miscue with celebration. Laughter accompanies the confused exchange while the couple's reception continues.
Lewis Single Binder cigar advertised as premium 5c option
An advertisement touts Lewis Single Binder cigars as hand made and foil wrapped for freshness. It asserts superior tobacco quality justifies a higher price, warns against imitations, and urges buyers to request Lewis Single Binder from dealers.
I Have Shot Woodpeckers, A Man Confesses
A lecturer asserts most have not hindered forest destruction. A shy attendee rises and admits to having shot woodpeckers, revealing a provocative remark in a literary magazine excerpt.
None Better. Fixing Your Mind on Your Own Business
A brief exchange suggesting that true focus comes from concentrating on one’s own affairs. The quip implies self-discipline as a path to better mental exercise and restraint.
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Farmers’ Hall OF Fame
Clarence R. i Hi
Bureau of ‘Insulat
Peary— University
Fort Scott Tribune and Monitor
Harriman Lines
Crumbine
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Dighton
Lane County
I.e
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Lewis
California
Fic Syrup. Co
Carter
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